Early Warning Program to Detect and Identify Emerging Contaminants and Their Effects to Fish and Wildlife

Early Warning Program to Detect and Identify Emerging Contaminants and Their Effects to Fish and Wildlife

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Document Type:

Grants Notice

Funding Opportunity Number:

F13AS00044

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Posted Date:

Dec 19, 2012

Creation Date:

Dec 19, 2012

Original Closing Date for Applications:

There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to the (St. Cloud State Univeristy) under jnstification 505DM 2.14B (1),(4).

Current Closing Date for Applications:

There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source cooperative agreement to the (St. Cloud State Univeristy) under jnstification 505DM 2.14B (1),(4).

Archive Date:

Dec 26, 2012

Funding Instrument Type:

Cooperative Agreement

Category of Funding Activity:

EnvironmentNatural ResourcesScience and Technology and other Research and Development

Category Explanation:

Expected Number of Awards:

1

Estimated Total Program Funding:

$193,677

Award Ceiling:

$193,677

Award Floor:

$0

CFDA Number(s):

15.662 -- Great Lakes Restoration

Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:

No

Eligible Applicants

Private institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Agency Name

Fish and Wildlife Service

Description

To assess the risks of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) on aquatic wildlife, the St. Cloud State University (SCSU) Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory will assist the US Fish and Wildlife Service in collecting, analyzing and interpreting fish samples collected across several streams draining into the Great Lakes. Specifically, wild (walleye, bass, and or other species) and caged (sunfish) fish will be collected in multiple segments of three streams in the Great Lakes watershed and assessed for physiological indicators of CEC exposure (plasma vitellogenin concentrations) and anatomical alterations associated with CEC exposure (histopathology, organosomatic indices). Furthermore, the SCSU Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory will expose fathead minnow larvae in the laboratory to waters collected at field sites and assess their predator avoidance performance, a sensitive indicator to CEC exposure with immediate ecological consequences. Taken together, these data sets will generate linkages between field sites and the effects of CEC exposure that will provide resource managers with information to reduce adverse impacts of CECs on exposed fish.